TheBeastOfYuccaFlats:There are not enough words to express the joy I feel every time someone complains that a major league season has been canceled.

Not because I don't necessarily enjoy watching said sport, but, rather, because the butt-hurt that sports fans who think this stuff actually matters fills my schadenfreude implant to overflowing.

I mean, why single out sports? There are lots of things that "don't matter". Movies, music, alcohol, art and art museums, 99% of television, sports cars, video games, and most books, novels, and magazines, to name just a handful.

All of those things exist solely for our entertainment and enjoyment, and don't directly serve any practical purpose. I'd wager you're enthusiastic about plenty of frivolous and unnecessary things; singling out sports fans seems rather asshat-ish. IMO, entertainment itself is important.

vudukungfu:Elzar: The guy played one game in the NHL - one game and the rest of his 20+ year career he spent in the minors... oh and he is a loud-mouth buffoon and national treasure of Canada.

SO he's like Madden?

Cherry was also an NHL Coach....and not just ANY coach. He was Bobby friggin' ORR's coach. He led the Bruins to 2 Cup finals, and had a 231-105-64 record in Boston. Say what you want, the man knows the game.

He's loud-mouthed, abbrasive and unabashedly supports developing Candian talent at the expense of "imports". He's one of the biggest spokespeople for player safety (every Canadian remembers him bashing poor Ron on the head with the shoulder pad to prove that they were becoming more like weapons than protective gear). He's also firecely insistent on honourable play - such as calling out "enforcers" who won't remove their visor in a fight, thus risking additional injury to their opponent.

When he goes on tirades or says stupid things about foreign players, it's easy to see why some people can't stand him...but that's also exactly what makes the rest of us love him.

He has to be very careful going outside in the spring or summer because bees are constantly mistaking him for a field of flowers.

To tell the truth, a lot of CBC sports commentators have trouble with bees. It's those bright monochromatic sports jackets they are all made to wear. But Don Cherry also has to worry about hummingbirds and gorillas because scarlet is not enough colour for him.

He's got more colour than a drinking contest between W.C. Fields and H.L Mencken in a Bourbon distillery cellar.

Although Don Cherry is quasi-unique, it is not unusual for Canadian men of his generation to wear tartan jackets that make the Quebec Provincial Tartan look like the Stewart Ancient and Weathered.

Here's a website to help you visualize that. Dim the room lights if you can to prevent permanent eye damage.

P.S. This is why Canadians watch Hockey Night in Canada with the lights off. They're not napping. They're waiting for Don Cherry to finish his rant so they can turn the TV off and go to bed.

Say what you want about Cherry, he's good for the game. You don't need to be a HoFer to be good for the game. And I love the idea of him getting swarmed by bees in his shed. Waiting for video, or perhaps a Raid commercial.

sigdiamond2000:TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: There are not enough words to express the joy I feel every time someone complains that a major league season has been canceled.

Not because I don't necessarily enjoy watching said sport, but, rather, because the butt-hurt that sports fans who think this stuff actually matters fills my schadenfreude implant to overflowing.

/inb4 people talking about sports bar revenues being down

I'll make sure to let the thousands of stadium workers and other people tangentially involved with these organizations who are all jobless for the holidays know that you're feeling pretty smug about all this.

Thanks! While you're at it, be sure to recommend to them that when the season starts back up, they don't just cheerfully walk back into those jobs as if nothing ever happened, because the owners have demonstrated that they've screwed them over once and will gladly screw them over in the future for "The good of the League."

They were probably wearing visors like the sissies they are. Fark Don Cherry, the fact he was voted one of the greatest Canadians is a national embarrassment. I hope the bees managed to sting his tounge or larynx, to shut him up for a bit, so the bee's deaths weren't in vain.

Let's just make our own season! Use NHL '13 to simulate the cancelled games, streamed live online with hockey nerds providing commentary. Cherry can put obnoxious backgrounds on his Twitter account and exchange tweets with Ron MacLean between periods.

I like Don Cherry. I don't agree with everything he says, but he's genuine and truly cares about the game of hockey.

I will truly be sad when the day comes that he is no longer with us.

Remember when IOC asswipe Dick Pound went on record saying that he wouldn't be surprised if 50% of NHL players were doping and he said this with no evidence to back it up?

It was Don Cherry who brought him on national television on Coach's Corner to be held to account for those words because Cherry was so offended that Dick Pound would slag 50% of NHL players with no proof.